CVE-2017-12255

highpriority · track · 27EPSS 0.004 · 37 %ileEURUUS

grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.43% (37th) EPSS

CVSS 7.2 · high

Is it mine?

3 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco UCS Central Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to gain shell access. The vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation of commands entered in the CLI, aka a Restricted Shell Break Vulnerability. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by entering a specific command with crafted arguments. An exploit could allow the attacker to gain shell access to the underlying system. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCve70762.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.2

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.1–7.2

v2.07.2highAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:Cprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 10

v3.06.7mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 0.8 · impact 5.9

v3.06.1mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

v3.16.7mediumAV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-20USprimaryCWE-20US

affected products (3)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a Cisco UCS Central Software≤ Cisco UCS Central Softwareenisa_euvdEU
Cisco Systems Inc. Unified Computing System Central≤ 1.5(1c)fstec_bduRU
cisco unified computing system= 1.5(1c)nvdUScpe:2.3:a:cisco:unified_computing_system:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

also known as (6)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2017-09-21modified 2026-06-17

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references (10)

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